Improvement in cotton-cultivators



vUNITED STATES MADISON B. cAMP, on EIL-EY CENTRE, KANSAS.

IM PROVEM EN'l IN COTTON-CULTIVATORS.

Specication forming part of Letters PatentrNo. 122,515, dated January 9, 1872; antedated .January 8, 1872.

\ To all whom it may concern:

Be itfknown that AI, MADISON B. CAMP, formerly-bf-Ladiga, Calhoun county, Alabama, nowr of Riley-Centre, Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Cottonultivator, which isfully describedl and set forth in the following ".speciication and theV accompanying drawing, in fthe different figures of which like letters indicatelike parts, and infwhich- `A.Figure l is a top view. Fig.21 is aside eleva- .'ton; "2 Fig. 3 is a side view, showing the teeth arrangedangiilarly, with" the scraper attached and adetail top view of .the same." Fig. 4 is A'.'l'fwl-aack view, showing a cultivator-rake at- `tachedl Fig. is adetached view o the scraper. ,Fig.' 6 isa view of one of the cultivator-teeth.

V Nat/ure.

. My invention relateslto' a convertible cotton-planter and cultivator', and consists, lirst,

of the construction and arrangement` of the parts, by which the planter lis readily convertible into a cultivator byproviding the ,frames andV a diagonally-arranged middle beam with v suitable holes for receiving cultivator or harrow teeth, which are constructed with Screws and nuts for attaching and detaching them.

. Second, of a curved scraperin combination f withthe planter-frames andangularly-arranged "teeth for preparing the ground by the side oi' the drills for cross cultivation. Third, of the @combination of the planter-frames and wheels -with a cross cultivator-rake to be used after Vbut in conjunction with the scraper and angularly-arranged teeth. d

`A A are the sides, and B the back end of y the framefand C is a middle beam, diagonally arranged, as shown in Figs. 1 and D is a feed-box provided with a hinged bottom, b,

cut out to fit over the feed-wheel so as to allow it to extend up into the feed-box, which is aty tached to the frames by straps d d and screwbolts e c, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2. E is the feed-wheel made with teeth, and is provided Withthree small bolts, c c o, arranged equi- "distant from the axle, which, in revolving, strike against the bottom b for shaking down the seed to the feed-wheel. (See Fig. 2.) 'F

is a spring-plate arranged in the feedbox to extend down through the.bottom in front of thewheel and `bearing against the points of y the teeth for regulating thefeed. (SeevFig.

2.) P is a front plow attached by an ordinary bolt-clamp, for opening the furrow for the seed; and P P are two back plows, attached by clamps, for covering the seed. T represents the cultivator-teeth, made with Screws and nuts for readily attaching and detaching them. ,d

S is a steel scraper` made about iive inches wide, one-eighth of an inch thick, and in the curve of a circle whose circumference is about. thirty-six inches, and is attached by bolts to a tooth, T', having a sharp front edge, and to the supporting standard H, as seen in Fig. 5. R represents the cultivator-rakerfor cross-cultivation, and is about forty-tive inches long,

and provided withabout nineteen teeth and with mortises for attaching itto Athe back Vends of the sides A A in the place of beam B, as seen in Fig. 4. The planter may be readily converted into a cultivator by removing the feed-box D and wheels W and inserting the teeth J in the holesin frames A, provided for that'purpose. Wh en the cotton begins to come up this cultivator is run over the Ddrills, cutting and raking off-the crust, removing the. small weeds and grass, and pulverizing the ground so that the growth of the cotton may be unobstructed.V

For cultivating bythe sides of the drills the "scraper S attached behind, as seen in Fig. 3.

And when the cotton is about one inch high the cultivator, being arranged as above described, is run by the side of the drill, the front tooth T having a sharp edge running as closely as possible to the cotton, and all the i teeth extending about one inch into the ground, l pulverize it, and remove the stones., clods, and

other trash from'the drill to the middle between the rows 5 and the .scraper following, lightly upon the ground, protects the young ,plants and brushesaway the remaining rubbish, leaving the ground clean and. level by the. sides of the drills preparatory for cross# cultivation, which is accomplished by the cultivator-rake R attached to the back end of the frames A in the place of beam B, as seen in Fig. 4.

In cross-cultivating the cultivator-teeth and the scraper are removed and the wheels are ATENT EEIGE.

attached toward the forward end of the frames A, and the rake teeth are dropped into the ground about one inch deep several inches from the drill, and run lightly through the drill and are lifted over the rubbish in the middle. s The rake-teeth cut up small portions of the cotton, thus properly thinning it, and cut apart the remaining plants, and cut up and cover up the small grass and weeds, leaving the cotton in good condition for thrifty growth. This cross-cultivation is performed always after the ground by the sides of the drills has been prepared as described.

This planter and cultivator maybe used for planting and cultivating not only cotton but also sugar-cane and other products; and by the processes described the cultivation may be performed by horse-power entirely until the plants are four or ive inches high, thus saving a very large portion of the hand work. The cultivator-rake may be used also in cultivating drilled wheat by arranging the teeth so that they will run between the drills.

Claims.

What I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. The frames A B C, as constructed, all being provided with holes for teeth T, and the back end of beams A A being made, with tenons for attaching and detaching beam B or rake R, and beam C being arranged diagonally, substantially in the manner and for the purposes described.

2. The curved scraper S, provided with tooth T and standard H, in combination with the frames A B C, substantially as described.

In attestation of the foregoing specification and claims of my improved cotton-planter and cultivator, I hereunto subscribe my name this 14th day of March, 1871.

MADISON B. CAMP.

Witnesses R. B. SPILMAN, 

